Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fle...

Release Date: Friday, December 21, 2007

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is wrongfully imprisoned and later seeks revenge on the judge who sent him up the river.

Director: Tim Burton

Starring: Johnny Depp • Helena Bonham Carter • Alan Rickman • Sacha Baron Cohen • Laura Michelle Kelly

R Drama 1 hr, 56 m

4.5 / 5

67% WILL SEE 33% WON'T SEE

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The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is wrongfully imprisoned and later seeks revenge on the judge who sent him up the river.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot: Benjamin Barker, a man unjustly sent to prison by a lecherous judge, vows revenge, not only for that cruel punishment, but for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to reopen his barber shop, Sweeney Todd becomes the Demon Barber of Fleet Street who shaved the heads of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard from again.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Johnny Depp
Day Drinker, The Tourist
Helena Bonham Carter
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Alan Rickman
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Sacha Baron Cohen
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Laura Michelle Kelly

Crew Behind the Film

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The film's director Tim Burton last directed Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Dumbo. The film's writer John Logan last wrote They/Them and Genius.

Director: Tim Burton
Screenwriter: John Logan
Producers: Laurie MacDonald
Patrick McCormick
Walter Parkes
Richard Zanuck

Studios: DreamWorks Studios
Production Company: Parkes-MacDonald Productions; The Zanuck Company

Production Details

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Key Facts

An adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical.

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Dec 2004

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: R Restricted for graphic bloody violence
Runtime: 1 hr, 56 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Release Dates

When was the film released?

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was released in on Friday, December 21, 2007. There were 5 other movies released on the same date, including P.S. I Love You, National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.

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